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Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development
Nature & Environment

Rio+20 - United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development

...Open University academics reflect on its progress and prospects, and demonstrate that international gatherings of political leaders are not (fortunately?) the only game in town... Tackling climate change Dr Barbara Pizzileo discusses the challenges facing academics in tackling the issue of global warming. Discovering Ecological Habits of Mind Dr Emma Dewberry highlights...
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Audio 1 hr 15 mins
Business operations
Science, Maths & Technology

Business operations

...Open University Course T883 Business operations: delivering value... Business operations A short introduction to this album. BMI Baby: Outsourcing and cost management How outsourcing can reduce costs and the importance of teamwork BMI Baby: business model Looking at the operations of budget airline BMI baby. Elm Surgery: a surgery as a small business Managing a general...
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Audio 51 mins
Managing care
Health, Sports & Psychology

Managing care

...Open University course K303 Managing care... Managing care A short introduction to this album Moving into management Anita's frank and personal audio diary charts her progress in the world of management and highlights the challenges and decisions she now faces. Caring for quality How is the quality of service offered by providers maintained and assessed? Managers and...
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Audio 2 hrs 47 mins
Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955
Society, Politics & Law

Women lead the struggle at Rolls-Royce on Clydeside, 1955

...Open University's History and Social Sciences courses. Background On Tuesday 25 October 1955, members of the General Iron Fitters Association at Rolls-Royce in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, took unofficial strike action. By Thursday 27 October, workers in various unions at other Rolls-Royce plants in the west of Scotland, at East Kilbride and Hillington, had joined them (BBC...
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Article 5 mins
Studying the arts and humanities
History & The Arts

Studying the arts and humanities

...sources for permission to reproduce material in this free course: Course image: edward musiak in Flickr made available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Licence. All other written material contained within this course originated at the Open University Every effort has been made to contact copyright owners. If any have been inadvertently overlooked, the...
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Level 1: Introductory 4 hrs
Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?
Health, Sports & Psychology

Will players be fit to perform or ready to burnout at Euro 2020?

...sources that a player has to cope with the demands placed on them. This drip, drip, drip from a series of sources of stress can make them susceptible to burnout. Smith and Raedeke (2001) outlined 3 characteristics of burnout. Firstly, emotional and physical exhaustion, in the form of lack of energy and loss of interest in an activity. Secondly, feelings of low personal...
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Article 15 mins
Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media
Society, Politics & Law

Children are at risk from junk food advertisements on social media

...source: NHS) Advertising to children is widely regarded as ethically problematic. Young children cannot distinguish between advertising and editorial or entertainment content; and older children, even if they rationally understand the selling intent behind advertising, are often still subject to its emotional and unconscious influence. Junk food advertising, which is...
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Article 5 mins
Consulting the oracle at Delphi
History & The Arts

Consulting the oracle at Delphi

...sources to help you extend your research and understanding. You may like to take a look at the Timeline, to put some of the narratives in the context of other historical events of the period. Interpreting the oracle's utterances Herodotus suggests one of the main differences between Greeks and barbarians is the ability of clever Greeks to interpret oracles correctly. In...
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Activity 5 mins